Cover for egg crates



o. w. LEIST COVER FOR EGG CRATES Fileii Novv 6 1924 M w m m 05cm mLL/AM LE/s'r ATTORNE YS Patented Nov. 3, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OSCAR WILLIAM LEI ST, O'F ATCI-IELITZ, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA.

COVER FOR EGG ORATES.

Application filed November 6, 1924. Serial No. 748,160.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR \VILLIAM Lnis'r, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of the village of Atchelitz, in the Province of British Columbia, Ca11- ada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Covers for Egg Crates, of

which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in covers for egg crates, the objects of which are to provide a convenient means whereby the cover may be held against side motion between the side walls of the crate, and the inadvertent dislodgment of the cover there- 35 from, prevented.

The invention consists essentially of a cover having battens pivotally mounted thereon, which are adapted to be set with their opposite ends engaging the side walls of the crate to hold the cover in position, as will be more fully described in the following specification, in which V Fig. 1 is a general view of my invention showing the cover locked in position on-the 25 crate.

Fig. 2 is a plan of the cover.

Fig. 3 is a fractional view of the crate showing the cover partly removed therefrom.

In the drawings like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

The numeral 1 indicates generally an egg crate having side walls 2 and end walls 3 formed of battens 4 and 5, the battens 5 constituting the top of the side walls 2.

The numeral 6 indicates a cover which has a length equal to the internal length of the crate and a width equal to the external width, so that the edges 7 extend under the respective battens 5 of the side walls. Secured to the top of the cover are a plurality of battens 8, one or more of which is of sufficient length to extend to the outer edge of the end walls 3 to support the cover on the top of the crate. A pair of parallel battens 9 equal in length to the distance between the battens 5, are pivotally mounted to the cover by eye bolts 10 which also serve as means for connecting a folding handle 11 to the cover. The battens 9 are cross connected by pivot pins 12 to further parallel battens 13, which are preferably disposed to lie, when the cover is in locked position, in close contact with the inner edges of outer battens 8 and to form a slight frictional engagement therewith.

Having thus described the several parts of my invention, I will now briefly explain its operation.

When it is desired to remove the cover 6 from the crate 1, the battens 9 are swung about the eye bolts 10 until suflicient distance exists between their ends and the batten 5 of the side walls 2 to permit one side edge of the cover being slid beyond the outer edge of one batten 5 and the opposite side edge of the cover being withdrawn from under the opposite batten 5, when the cover can be withdrawn from the crate.

The cover is replaced by reversing the above described movement and swinging the battens 9 back into position at right angles to the battens 5, and bringing the battens 13 into frictional engagement with the outer battens 8, thus preventing their inadvertent movement.

.It will thus be seen that I have invented a cover for egg crates which may be effectively locked against sidewise movement, whereby the dropping of the crate from the cover is effectively prevented.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. The combination with a crate having side walls, a cover for the crate and battens upon said side walls adapted to overlie o posing edges of the cover, of pivotall mounted means upon the cover adapted to bear against the battens when in locked position and to be swung out of engagement with the battens to permit the removal of the cover from the crate.

2. The combination with a crate having side walls, a cover for the crate and battens upon said side walls adapted to overlies opposing edges of the cover, said cover being adapted for removal from the crate by a side movement and an upward movement, of battens pivotally mounted upon the cover and adapted to be turned to bear against the battens of the crate to lock the cover against removal.

3. The combination with a crate having side walls, a cover for the crate and battens upon said side walls adapted to overlie opposing edges of the cover, said cover being adapted for removal from the crate by a side movement and an upward movement, of a pair of battens pivotally mounted upon the cover and cross connected adjacent their opposite ends, said pivotally mounted battens being adapted to be turned to bear against the battens of" the crate to lock the cover against removal.

4. An egg crate cover having opposing.

edges which are adagted to underlie side battens on the crate, a pair of cross battens upon the cover adjacent said crate battens, a pair of pivotally mounted bat-tens upon the cover adapted to bear against the crate to lock the cover against removal, and connee-ting battens between the pivotally mounted battens adapted for frictional engagement with the cross battens for the purpose described.

Dated at Atohelitz, B. C., this 3 day of October, 1924. 1

OSCAR WILLIAM LEIST. 

